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Conference Venue

The symposium will be held at Tampere University of Technology (TUT) in the city of Tampere located in the inland of Finland ca. 200 km north from Helsinki. The conference hotels are all located in the Tampere city centre while the conference venue, Tampere University of Technology campus, is located at Hervanta suburb approximately 10 km south-east from the city centre.

How to get to Tampere University of Technology
Please see the TUT page for general information. Bus transportations will be arranged from the conference hotels before and after the conference. Public buses number 13 and 20 run between the city centre (Keskustori) and TUT every 30 or 40  minutes. The bus stop is TTY. Public buses 23 and 30 run between the city centre and Hervanta centre every ten or fifteen minutes. The bus stops nearest to TTY are Tieteenkatu 8 for bus nr. 23 and Hervantakeskus for bus nr. 30. Further information on the bus connections and timetables at Tampere Public transportation guide. The conference is held in the lecture hall TC108, located in the Tietotalo (Information technology) building. Map of campus


Symposium Banquet
The Symposium Banquet will take place in Viikinsaari, which is a small island of Pyhäjärvi lake in Tampere. During the boat trip from Laukontori square to Viikinsaari you can enjoy views of Tampere onboard M/S Tammerkoski. You can find information on Viikinsaari also at Tampere city pages.


Weather
Summer weather with temperature ranging from 16 to 21 centigrade may be expected in June. Evening temperature is about 5-10 centigrade lower. On occasion, Finnish summer may also show its wet and cold side, so an umbrella and a sweater/windbreaker may be useful.


Technical visit
On Wednesday, 15 June, a technical visit will be arranged to Areva T&D Finland, Nokian Capacitors factory. AREVA T&D Finland engineers and manufactures products and systems for reactive power compensation and harmonic filtering. The products range from low and high voltage capacitors and electronic equipment to air-core reactors and compensation systems. The turnover in 2008 was 70 million euros and the company employs more than 290 people. Exports account for 95% of Areva T&D Finlands output. AREVA T&D Finland started up in 1957 in Helsinki under the name of "Finnish Cable Works Co. Ltd.". The company's capacitor division moved to Tampere at the end of the 1960s and occupied new premises in the 1980s.

A more detailed program of the technical visit will be presented here later.


Updated 2011-05-18 by nord-is@tut.fi